The Mother and the Enemy
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The Mother and the Enemy is the fifth album release by the Polish
symphonic black metal
group Lux Occulta
. It expands upon the band's signature sound by incorporating influences from a variety of styles, including free jazz
, trip-hop, industrial music
, electronica
, and spoken word
.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
symphonic black metal
Black metal
Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....
group Lux Occulta
Lux Occulta
Lux Occulta was a Polish avant-garde metal band, founded in late 1994. Their work, also strongly influenced by progressive metal and black metal, commonly incorporates elaborate arrangements often featuring multiple sections and unpredictable time changes.- Biography :The band was started when...
. It expands upon the band's signature sound by incorporating influences from a variety of styles, including free jazz
Free jazz
Free jazz is an approach to jazz music that was first developed in the 1950s and 1960s. Though the music produced by free jazz pioneers varied widely, the common feature was a dissatisfaction with the limitations of bebop, hard bop, and modal jazz, which had developed in the 1940s and 1950s...
, trip-hop, industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, and spoken word
Spoken word
Spoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
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Track listing
- "Breathe In" – 0:54
- "Mother Pandora" – 5:46
- "Architecture" – 5:53
- "Most Arrogant Life Form" – 3:50
- "Yet Another Armageddon" – 3:28
- "Gambit" – 6:12
- "Midnight Crisis" – 6:34
- "Pied Piper" – 9:15
- "Missa Solemnis" – 7:44
- "Breathe Out" – 4:11